From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter to a supplier inquiring about producing wire mesh grilles in a lighter aluminium alloy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 1st September 1936 | |
| V340 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.11/JH. 1st September, 1936. Messrs. G.A. Harvey & Co.Ltd., Greenwich Metal Works, LONDON. S.E. 7. Dear Sirs, We have received the wire mesh grilles which we ordered, for which we thank you. We should be interested to know whether you could make such a mesh in aluminium wire ( or some similar alloy) with a view to reducing the weight of this item. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||